#BDB145#BDB145

#BDB145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB145
RGB	rgb(189, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -8.85, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 55.74, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0288 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(37.7840, 42.6942, 11.8796)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB145 #4551BD

analogous

#BD7545 #BDB145 #8DBD45

triadic

#BDB145 #45BDB1 #B145BD

tetradic

#BDB145 #45BD75 #4551BD #BD458D

square

#BDB145 #45BD75 #4551BD #BD458D

split-complementary

#BDB145 #458DBD #7545BD

monochromatic

#645E24 #918834 #BDB145 #CDC472 #DDD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDB145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BDB145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB145

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB145	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c87e',
    500: '#bdb145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb145;
$custom-light: #d4c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74995,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.42693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB145

secondary

#949ACA

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB145

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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